Word: analysts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Reagan had envisioned. That could have been a propaganda disaster for Gorbachev: night after night Soviet television viewers would have been treated to the sight of their leader amid capitalist luxury that sharply contrasted with their own dreary surroundings. Moreover, with no agreement on Star Wars, says Soviet Analyst William Hyland, the "Soviets don't want to invest the political capital of a lengthy summit in this Administration...
Anxiety was especially high in Detroit, where automakers feared the crash could deal a new blow to car sales, which are already slumping. Maryann Keller, a prominent auto analyst with Furman Selz Mager Dietz & Birney, a Manhattan-based investment firm, predicted that U.S. sales of cars and trucks would fall about 15% next year, to 9.5 million vehicles. One reason for her gloomy forecast, she said, was that the loss of wealth caused by the stock- market decline would have a "significant effect on consumer confidence and the ability to spend...
...Reagan's leadership seemed to be failing, where else would the nation look for guidance? The race of leaders seemed to have vanished like the Maya. "It's a very bad time in the political cycle to expect leadership from either branch of Government," observed Political Analyst Kevin Phillips. "Under the best circumstances, Ronald Reagan would not be the best manager of a crisis, with his feel-good economics. And you can't expect Congress to anticipate the outcome of the next election and act boldly...
...capable of a one- day, 508-point drop on Black Monday, Oct. 19, who could say what it might do next? Some seers thought they knew, yet their conclusions were as contradictory as they were passionate. "We are out of the woods!" proclaimed a bull, Michael Metz, an analyst for Oppenheimer & Co. "The house is on fire. Stay out!" declared a bear, Jay Goldinger, a Beverly Hills financial adviser. "There's no reason to go back in and be a hero," he added...
...stars during the bull market emerged from the crash notably tarnished. George Soros, 57, who until Black Monday was regarded as one of the canniest investors in Wall Street history, saw his Quantum Fund drop some 36%, to $1.67 billion. Other stars emerged overnight. Elaine Garzarelli, 36, a research analyst and fund manager for Shearson Lehman Bros., had emphatically predicted a collapse exactly one week before Black Monday in an interview on Cable News Network. Her stock fund, the Sector Analysis Portfolio, reportedly gained 5% during the week of the crash because Garzarelli had moved the fund out of stocks...